'Game-changer' in genetic gains in reducing cattle emissions
11% of the differences in daily methane emissions between animals fed the same diet were traced to genetic differences.
A "world-first" scientific breakthrough will enable the reduction of methane from the Irish cattle herd through animal genetics.
This will be possible because of the publication of the world’s first national genomic evaluations for methane emissions in Irish beef cattle, which will enable breeding programmes to target lower emission traits.
